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The Explosives Regulations 2014

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Enforcement in respect of the manufacture and storage of explosives

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2.—(1) A licensing authority is the enforcing authority for the manufacture and storage provisions—

(a)for a site in relation to which it has granted a person a licence;

(b)where, in relation to a deemed licence, it would have been the licensing authority by virtue of paragraph 1 or 4 of Schedule 1 if an application for a licence had been made under these Regulations;

(c)where, in any case other than those mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b)—

(i)it would be the licensing authority by virtue of paragraph 1 or 4 of Schedule 1 if an application for a licence is, or should have been, made under these Regulations; or

(ii)it would have been the licensing authority had the requirements of paragraph (1) of regulation 6 not been disapplied by paragraph (2) of that regulation or the requirements of paragraph (1) of regulation 7 not been disapplied by paragraph (2) of that regulation.

(2) In this paragraph—

(a)“deemed licence” means—

(i)any licence deemed by regulation 47(1) to be a licence granted under regulation 13;

(ii)any licence deemed to be held by a person pursuant to regulation 47(12); and

(iii)any registration deemed by regulation 47(2) to be a licence granted under regulation 13;

(b)“manufacture and storage provisions” means—

(i)regulations 6, 7, 23, 26, 27 and 30 as they apply otherwise than in respect of the manufacture and storage of ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate;

(ii)regulation 29 as it applies to the manufacture and storage of chlorate mixtures.

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